Mary II

Mary II,

1662–94, queen of England, wife of William IIIWilliam III,1650–1702, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England......Click the link for more information.. The daughter of James II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, she was brought up a Protestant despite her father's adoption of Roman Catholicism. In 1677 she married her cousin William of Orange and went with him to Holland. She returned to England after the Glorious RevolutionGlorious Revolution,in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution......Click the link for more information. of 1688 and was proclaimed joint sovereign with her husband in 1689, though she actually ruled only during his absences. Although she was relatively popular with the Dutch and English peoples, she led an unhappy life because of the political conflicts between her husband, her father, and her sister Anne. She sided faithfully with her husband.

Bibliography

See biographies by H. W. Chapman (1953, repr. 1972) and E. Hamilton (1972); R. P. MacCubbin and M. Hamilton-Phillips, ed., The Age of William III and Mary II (1988).

Mary II

1662--94, queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689--94), ruling jointly with her husband William III. They were offered the crown by parliament, which objected to the arbitrary rule of her father James II

The dining room of the Queen Mary II will be set with Waterford crystal and Wedgwood china through a partnership with the tabletop company that was brokered in the United Kingdom, where Waterford Wedgwood is headquartered.

Just before that, the yard had suffered a serious set-back in losing an order for the biggest-ever cruise liner - the Queen Mary II - from Cunard to the French shipyard Chantiers Navals de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire.

However, France was on the rocks financially, and neither Austria nor William III of England (who had been ruling alone since the death of Mary II in 1694) would consent to any increase in Louis XIV's power.

This year he is also serving as a celebrity chef for Crystal Cruises and Cunard's Queen Mary II, and is regularly featured on a range of television shows including NBC's "The Today Show" and ABC's "The Great Domestic Showdown.

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